The phrase ‘offences against the person’ is not a standard definition for Scottish crimes.We have interpreted this as the total of crimes of violence, crimes of indecency,offensive weapon offences, minor assaults and breach of the peace.Recorded Crimes of (a)Offences Against the Person Since 1997-98 by Police Force Area 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Central 6,660 6,286 6,660 6,697 7,962 8,438 8,640 9,753 9,328 Dumfries and Galloway 3,738 3,887 3,435 3,074 3,065 3,527 4,974 5,188 4,603 Fife 8,330 8,034 8,265 8,237 9,089 9,706 10,164 12,911 11,747 Grampian 15,814 15,793 16,593 15,451 16,587 15,599 15,279 19,741 20,539 Lothian and Borders 21,516 21,817 22,941 23,384 23,346 22,911 22,366 24,808 26,433 Northern 7,191 7,535 6,912 7,097 7,609 7,971 8,615 9,826 9,528 Strathclyde 76,984 77,532 79,807 78,687 80,040 81,957 84,019 101,241 96,805 Tayside 10,295 11,284 11,084 10,236 11,114 11,596 12,432 11,760 12,825 All Scotland...